Packaging for candy canes



July 19 1949- vC. M. oGAs ET AL 2,476,923

Filed Feb. 24, 1948 PACKAGING FOR CANDY CANES 44.5 Sam' A4. gas

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Patented July 19, 1949 APACKAGAING': FOR CANDY CAN ES Christos M.. ,Sagas and Sam Sogas, Kansas City, Mo.

Application February 24, 1948, Serial No. 10,354

(ci. gis-1.80)

. 2 Claims.A Y 1 The present invention relates general to packaging candy canes, the objective` being to. produce a package wherebylong distance ship ment of goods of this. character on a commercial basis is feasible.

The manufact-ure and sale. ofy candy canes is a seasonal businessby reason ofthe. fact that the de.-4 mand for the canes is veryheavy. at and around Christmas but comparatively lightV during the balance .of the year. the canes in. preparation for this. seasonal de1 mand virtually always Yl1'as,.been..a localzbusine'ss carried on within the immediate retail area for the goods. Attempts have been made. to serve remote areas from a centrali location but these have been abandoned because of the high rate of breakage occurring in the course. of shipment.

A broken candy cane. has no salesV value at the` average retail candy counter; its. traditional. func.- tion to gladden the Christmas scene as Well as please the palate and once broken it no. longer is` a satisfactory decoration for the Christmas. tree. or an appropriate gift; for a child. In short it is substantially a total loss. Unfortunately .the canes are so fragile vby nature that it is difcult even under comparativelyfavorable condi-tionstobring them unbroken to the retail storev counts ers for ultimate sale. Under the less favorable conditions encountered in shipping them overmaterial distances breakage of 50% of the star-t-v ing lotv has not been unusual. In the light of these facts itis, of course; easy to see why long distance shipment has been considered commercially impractical and: why over a long period of years the manufacture Qi theeanes remained essentially a local business.

The object of the present invention is to provide packaging for candy canes which will make possible long distance shipment with little orno breakage.

Another object is to provide packaging of` this character at a sufficientlylowv cost to be practical from a commercial standpoint, it` being obvious that; if the packaging is expensive it will defeat its own purpose of making possible the widespread low-cost distribution of candy canes from a central location.

Another object is to provide packaging which is attractive and adapted to maintain the goods clean and sanitary.

Other and further objects of the invention together with the features of novelty will appear in the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of the specification and are to be read in In the past. production of conjunctionl therewith and in which like reference numerals are employed to indicate like parts ofi the Various views, A

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a box of candy canes Wrapped and packaged according tothe invention, par-t of the box having .been cut .awayA for purposes of illustration, v

Fig. 2 is an end View of one package or bundle:

of candy canes,

Fig. 3 is a plan view showing theA manner inwhich canes are arranged on a strip of corrugatedpaper preparatory to wrapping,

Fig. 4 is a plan Viewv showing-an alternate are rangementof the canes: preparatory to wrapping',

Fig. 5 is an end! view of the finishedpackage produced by the arrangement illustrated iii-Fig.. 4. A'The candycanes to be packaged first/are Wrapped individually forpurposes of sanitation,

transparent paper preferably being employed so that the goods ultimately may be displayed in' shops and inspected by customers without beingtouched and without danger of contamination Vbydust or otherwise. In the draw-ings the canes are identified by the reference numeral Hl and it will be noted that the individual transparent Wrap. ping I2 is a tapered envelope or sleeve twisted at the head and foot of the cane as shown at Il# to close the ends of the wrapping and maintain` same in place.

Thecanes are gathered in bundles with the aid of a strip of corrugated-paper 16. For one ouncecanes it has been found best to use 35 pound to 50 pound corrugated paper, it being understood of courseY that the optimumA grade of paper will vary with the Weight-.and size of the canes. 'It

important that the width of the strip. I6'- be slightly greater than the length of the canes scthat when they are arranged crosswis'e of the strip, as. shown in Figs. 3- and 4, the paper will extend slightly beyond the extremities 'off the canes.

An even 'number of canes (preferably 6) areV placed in each bundle, half of-A them havlingtheirv heads at one end of the bundle and the ren-lainev shown in.Fig.-3) vuntil it Acovers the second cane,l this process ybeing repeated for the nextcane andl continuing until the roll finally passes over the last cane. As the rolling progresses the spacing of the canes along the, strip is adjustedsoV that the heads of the canes are in substantial parallelism in the bundle as indicatedlby Fig. "2. The right-hand end of the corrugated paperr` is wrapped on around the bundle andr fastened in place by an adhesive strip` |8.` l

Referring to Fig. 4 the wrapping is eiectedlin heads in substantial parallelism, the heads of subthe same fashion as just described, the only diierence being in theginitial arrangement of thecaneson the strip and the final position they consequently assume in the bundle. v

` From Ythe foregoing it will be seen that this invention is one well adapted to attain all of the ends and objects hereinbefore set forth together Y with other advantages which are obvious and which are inherent to the structure.

It will be understood that certain features and subcombinations are of utility and may be employed without reference to other features'and subcombinations. This: isconte'mplated by and is within thescope of the claims. L' Y vInasmuch as various embodiments of the infve'ntion may be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is to be understood that all mat- -The-Fig. 3 arrangement results in a bundle of Y thegkind shown in Fig. 2 wherein` the three canes 0n;the left have their, heads toward the observerV and the three on the righthave their headsgaway from the observer.; the Fig. 4 arrangement on the other hand results in a bundle of theY kindi shownin Fig. 5 wherein the rst cane on the left has its head toward the observer, the next one has its head away from the fobserver, the third has its head in the same direction as therst, the

fourth in the same direction Aasfthe second, and so` on. In other words, the canes in the bundle; of

Fig. 5 are alternatedin direction. n v A According to either starting arrangement; a balanced'bundle is achieved, half ofthe canes having their headsat on end of the vbundle and num-ber of canes to the roll may be varie'd.- i I 'Y fr For shipmentV thebundles are boxed in corrugated cartons 20 as shown in Fig. 1. It is im.- Y

portant that the width of the carton 'conform with the width ofthe Ystrips I6 so that there can-` be no endwise movement of therolls., Thisileaves` some clearance betweenthe ends of each caner and the inside of the carton, the twistedtuft 114' of the individual wrapping.` about the caneserV-z ing as a spacing cushion to lmaintain both ends of the cane spaced inwardly` from. the carton The length and depth of the carton should walls. be such as to prevent any substantial movement of the rolls transverse to their axis, yet, ofcourse,` materially compress should not be so tight as to anyof the rolls. Y i n kCanes packaged as described have been shipped in quantity lots over long distances through ordinary shipping channels and despite the inher.

ently fragile character of the canes and the rough treatment they received the breakage experienced was nil. Y

ter herein set forth or shown in the accompany- "ing drawings is-'to be interpreted as illustrativeV and not in .a limiting sense.

Having thus described our invention, we claim: 1. A candy cane package comprising a number of candy canes disposed side by side with their stantially half of the .canes being at; one* end of the package and the heads of the-rest of'thercanes' being at thefoppositer end, a strip'of corrugated paper having one'end betweenlthetwolcenter canes, said strip wound inV a continuous spiral with successive layers passingVV between adjacent ones of the canes andthe outermostA layer-.ema

bracing the outermost canes, the widthKV of the strip being greater` than the length'of ther cane,Y fiat Walls abuttingthejend ofthe roll formed by said spiral strip, `and* cushioningv means between at least one end of Yeach-cane and the adjacent one ofsaidwalls. i .2.. 2.r A candy cane package comprising a numberof candy .canes disposed :side by v'side with their heads in' vsubstantial-fparal1elism, 'thel .heads of.. substantiallyhalf of the rcanes being at one end of the package and the.v heads ofthe rest of the canes ybeing at the oppositefend, astrip of Ycorru-.z gated paper Ahaving one end between Ythe two center canes,;said strip wound ina continuous spiral with lsuccessive layersv passing between adjacent ones ofthe canesY andthe outermost layer embracing the outermost canes, the width of the? strip being greater than the length of -thejcanes,i at walls abutting the 'end of the roll formed by said spiral strip, andan individual wrappingy on Y UNITED.. STATES YPA'rEiir'rs f Numberv Name-7 DateV 697,503 Lindsay Apr. 15,1903' 723,522 '-Gair 1.1;.; May 24, 190s 1,755,234 Westereid Apr. 22, v1930 1,879,952 Y Rosen 'f Y-- sept. 27.51932Y 2,451,318 Burstiner V 'Oct. 1251948 f 

